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DarylS
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Re: So... Varmint Rifles?
04/05/17 01:04 AM

Nitro- the .17 HMR is quite effective. When we first tried them, we went right out to 240yards on field rats, but found we got too many crawl-offs.

We've not set a range limit of 200yards and this works out well, as the rifles we have for this round are capable of head and chest hits out to that range.

This little rimfire has proved to be quite accurate, with Len's Marlin holding in around 1/2" at 100 meters and my Martini doing a bit better when using Hornady or Fed 17gr. Vmax loads.

My new Marlin has shown to prefer the Winchester 20gr. HP loads and runs them just over 2,500fps (2,375fps factory stats), making it a much better round for slightly larger game, like fox and coyotes, than the Vmax 17gr., which is a bit soft for these.

This is a 5 shot group at 100 meters - a nasty variable shifting wind was giving me a bit of trouble, but I wanted to see how much 'these little pills' would be blown- all 5 shots held centre. BTW - this round is less disturbed by wind than the .22 Mag. & way less than the .22 LR.

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Daryl

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So... Varmint Rifles?	A_Pepsi_Cola_Can	24/04/17 04:07 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	GABE93	01/05/17 07:22 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	gryphon	01/05/17 08:00 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	GABE93	01/05/17 09:35 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	gryphon	02/05/17 06:27 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	02/05/17 02:54 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	NitroX	04/05/17 12:02 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	04/05/17 12:55 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	04/05/17 01:04 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	06/05/17 11:25 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	VonGruff	06/05/17 02:20 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	07/05/17 01:12 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	07/05/17 03:20 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	jgrabow	09/05/17 05:55 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	04/05/17 03:42 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Wanabebwana	05/05/17 01:58 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	05/05/17 04:09 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	gryphon	05/05/17 05:09 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Waidmannsheil	01/05/17 11:03 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	01/05/17 11:06 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	24/04/17 11:56 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Bidgee	25/04/17 01:04 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	25/04/17 02:03 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	25/04/17 07:18 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Rell	25/04/17 08:03 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	26/04/17 03:18 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Rell	26/04/17 08:03 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	26/04/17 09:06 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	26/04/17 10:00 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Wanabebwana	01/05/17 01:48 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Marrakai	26/04/17 10:03 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	SharpsNitro	26/04/17 12:42 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Ripp	25/04/17 10:35 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Rell	25/04/17 08:03 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	gryphon	25/04/17 09:06 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	CptCurl	25/04/17 10:04 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	DarylS	25/04/17 11:36 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	CptCurl	27/04/17 10:15 AM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	Waidmannsheil	25/04/17 07:37 PM
Re: So... Varmint Rifles?	gryphon	24/04/17 04:34 PM
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